Women’s Citizenship in Peru [electronic resource] : The Paradoxes of Neopopulism in Latin America /
Rousseau, S.author.
This book considers neopopulism as a central issue to understand patterns of women's citizenship construction in many countries of contemporary Latin America. It also explains the paradoxes entailed for women's participation and citizenship rights.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Neopopulism and women's citizenship in Latin America -- Fujimori's Peru: state and society -- Feminist activism: engendering state policy through NGO work -- Women organizing in shantytowns: state co-optation and the exhaustion of solidarity -- Entering the mainstream political sphere: women as elected representatives -- Conclusion : the paradoxes of constructing women's citizenship under neopopulism.
This book considers neopopulism as a central issue to understand patterns of women's citizenship construction in many countries of contemporary Latin America. It also explains the paradoxes entailed for women's participation and citizenship rights.
Sociology.
Ethnology—Latin America.
Ethnicity.
Anthropology.
Gender Studies.
Latin American Culture.
Ethnicity Studies.
Anthropology.
Sociology, general.